Yiddish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Hebrew אָב (áv, father; ancestor, forefather).

Noun edit

אָבֿ (ovm, plural אָבֿות (oves)

  1. ancestor, patriarch

Etymology 2 edit

From Hebrew אָב (āv), ultimately from Akkadian 𒉈 (Abu).

Proper noun edit

אָבֿ (ovm

  1. Av, the eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar
See also edit